Speculation: Armchair GM 2024-25 Season, Craig Conroy's Can Do Calgary Flames

[SaintMorose]

If we're top 9 in the West near the deadline it's a bit of a kick in the teeth to sell hard, if the Flames keep up this pace I'd expect Conroy to only move Kuzmenko and a depth D then look to sell bigger pieces at the draft/over summer.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

If we're top 9 in the West near the deadline it's a bit of a kick in the teeth to sell hard, if the Flames keep up this pace I'd expect Conroy to only move Kuzmenko and a depth D then look to sell bigger pieces at the draft/over summer.

I could actually see the Flames standing pat, but being a salary broker for other teams and gaining some assets that way.

 

[herashak]

Vladar with a goalie cap dump coming back is probably the only trade that returns much as of now

 

[The Gnome]

Only on HF could people be mad we are winning. I get wanting higher picks, but people don't seem to realize that this is development for what you already have in the lineup. Yeah our offense sucks, but it literally has nowhere to go but up...As does the rest of this roster.

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

Only on HF could people be mad we are winning. I get wanting higher picks, but people don't seem to realize that this is development for what you already have in the lineup. Yeah our offense sucks, but it literally has nowhere to go but up...As does the rest of this roster.

Hey now, don't exclude twitter from people complaining about wins

 

[JPeeper]

Only on HF could people be mad we are winning. I get wanting higher picks, but people don't seem to realize that this is development for what you already have in the lineup. Yeah our offense sucks, but it literally has nowhere to go but up...As does the rest of this roster.

Ah yes, 34 year old Kadri, 35 year old Backlund, 32 year old Coleman, 31 year old Huberdeau and 29 year old Kuzmenko only have up to go with their offense.

A solid core to build around going forward.

Honest question, do you genuinely think this team can compete in the playoffs with this roster? My view of success is winning playoff rounds and being competitive for the Cup, not watch a bunch of regulation wins for the next 20 years. That's my point of view, if others are perfectly fine beating the Islanders on a Tuesday in November over competing in the 2nd and 3rd round of the playoffs in May, that's fine too.

 

[Yepthatsme]

Ah yes, 34 year old Kadri, 35 year old Backlund, 32 year old Coleman, 31 year old Huberdeau and 29 year old Kuzmenko only have up to go with their offense.

A solid core to build around going forward.

Honest question, do you genuinely think this team can compete in the playoffs with this roster? My view of success is winning playoff rounds and being competitive for the Cup, not watch a bunch of regulation wins for the next 20 years. That's my point of view, if others are perfectly fine beating the Islanders on a Tuesday in November over competing in the 2nd and 3rd round of the playoffs in May, that's fine too.

Counterpoint: we are now 10-6-3, with Coronato, Wolf, Zary, Pospisil with plenty of runway to improve, help on the way with Pelletier, Honzek, Gridin, Basha, Parekh, and Brzustewicz, four 1sts in the next two drafts, and what looks to be a whopping 30M in cap space next year. Our laneway for improvement is hilarious, and while I don’t think we keep it up 10-6-3 is a 99 point pace.